• An Interview with Dr. Noel Packard: Survey of a Cluster of Pre-Internet Networks

    In this exclusive interview Dr. Noel Packard – guest editor of an issue of American Behavioral Scientist entitled “Survey of a Cluster of Cold War Networks”  which has been renamed “Survey of a Sample of Cold War Networks”. She discusses her research on Cold War-era military networks, their role in shaping today’s global communication systems,…

  • Meet the Professor: Dr. Stephanie Wilson, Sociologist, Educator, and Co-founder of Applied Worldwide

     Stephanie: Sociologist, Creator, Researcher 2. As a co-founder of Applied Worldwide, could you briefly explain the organization’s mission? Stephanie: Our mission is to build a bridge between the discipline of sociology and everyday life to improve the well-being of society. As a sociologist, I see endless ways that sociological knowledge could benefit society, but our…

  • My Journey to Understand and Fight Against Unfair Treatment of People with Disabilities

    My journey to earning a B.S. in Sociology and gaining an education in social justice has been nothing short of enlightening, in both positive and negative ways. As I enter my final semester before graduation, I find myself looking back on my postsecondary education as a mixed blessing. When I first enrolled in the sociology…

  • Interview with Assistant Professor Katie Durante, University of Utah, Department of Sociology

    1. If you had to describe yourself in three words, what would they be? Integrity, light-hearted, responsible 2. Can you discuss some of your key findings regarding racial and ethnic inequality in the criminal legal system and how it has evolved over the years? One of the areas of research I focus on is racial…

  • An Interview with Jaime Grunfeld, LMHC, Author or Aliya, The Girl From Ukraine.

    Short Bio: Jaime Grunfeld, LMHC, was born and raised in Sao Paulo, Brazil, where his parents, who lived in Hungary, fled after its invasion by the Nazis. As a teenager, he came to study at Yeshiva in Westchester County, NY, where he graduated in Talmudic Law. Returning to Brazil, he married and joined the family’s…

  • Interview with Dr. Christina Jackson: Insights into Sociology, Activism, and the Journey Ahead

    Short Bio: Dr. Christina Jackson, an Associate Professor of Sociology at Stockton University, specializes in urban sociology, social welfare, and inequality from sociological and public health perspectives. Beyond academia, she’s an engaged scholar-activist, facilitating and consulting with community partners and creative groups on topics like anti-violence, gentrification, housing, food justice, and racial justice. She’s co-authored…

  • Author Spotlight: An Interview with Diane Meyer Lowman, the Writer of The Undiscovered Country: Seeing Myself Through Shakespeare’s Eyes

    Diane is an award-winning essayist, memoirist, and poet. She served as Westport, CT’s inaugural Poet Laureate from 2019 to 2022. Her essays have appeared in numerous publications, including O, The Oprah Magazine; Brain, Child; and Brevity Blog. She also writes a regular column titled ‘Everything’s an Essay.’ Her first memoir, ‘Nothing But Blue,’ was published…

  • Economics for Beginners: An Introduction to Concepts and Applications

    What is Economics? Economics is a social science that studies how the society employs its scarce (limited) resources for alternative uses. It also looks into how people make decisions, use wealth and respond to incentives. There are different definitions for economics, given by Adam Smith, Alfred Marshall and Lord Robbins, but fundamentally, they have many…

  • What is Urbanisation and Urban Problems in India

    In the last decade saw more than half the world population becoming urbanised and India is the rate of urbanisation is growing at a rapid rate. Over the last 17 years, the urban population in India has been growing by 5.4% and in the year, 2030 more than 41% of the Indian population is expected…

  • What are the impacts of globalization in India? Explained

    Globalization incorporates a huge impact on various aspects of people’s lives such as culture, social-economic, political, and community life. Ample theoretical studies proved that globalization intervenes in a cultural life of public that raises numerous critical issues (Robertson, 1992). In a broad sense, the term ‘globalization’ means a blend of economies and societies through cross…

  • Ideological similarities and differences between Gandhi and Ambedkar

    Read this article to learn, ideological similarities and differences between Gandhi and Ambedkar! Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi considered the ‘Father of the Nation’, is renowned as the leader of the nationalist movement against British rule in India. He is very eminent for his doctrine of Satyagraha (non-violent protest). On the other hand is Dr.B.R.Ambedkar, the architect…

  • Why do we want to share everything on social media?

    How many times on average do you check your social media accounts like Facebook? How many times do you come online to check a new update from your favourite celebrity or lifestyle role model? The exact number might be surprising for you. Isn’t it? In this era when we are surrounded by smartphone new technologies…

  • The Sociology of Gender: Overview

    The sociology of gender is a subfield of sociology that concerns itself with masculinity and femininity, i.e., the social construction of gender, how gender interacts with other social forces and relates to the overall social structure. The field of study under gender sociology has diversified over the years and incorporated the feminist viewpoint. The starting…

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